Year 3
Year 3 Curriculum Projects
Year 3 Project - Emperors and Empires
In the Emperors and Empires project, your child will learn about the growth and decline of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They will discover the absolute power of the Roman emperors and study the hierarchies of Roman society and the Roman army. They will study the first invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 BC and the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43. They will learn about Boudicca’s rebellion, Hadrian’s Wall and the Romanisation of Britain, including how Christianity came to Britain and investigate the legacy of Roman Britain in their local area.
Memorable Experience - Living Museum
History - Chronology; Everyday life in ancient Rome; Founding of Rome; Power and Rule; Roman Empire; Significant emperors; Social hierarchy; Roman army; Roman Invasion of Britain; Significant people - Boudicca; Everyday life in Roman Britain; Romanisation of Britain; Roman withdrawal; Roman legacy
Geography -
This project is also supported by mini projects in:
Science: Plant Nutrition and Reproduction
Art and Design: Beautiful Botanicals
Design and Technology: Greenhouse
Computing: derived from D.A.R.E.S
Music: derived from Kapow
PE: derived from TeamThemeKent Resources
PSHE: derived from Jigsaw
RE: derived from Kent SACRE Curriculum
More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2024 document found below.
Year 3 Key Information
In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday (Lacrosse) and Thursday (athletics)
Ear-rings removed for the day please.
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English
The children will learn about significant emperors of Rome and learn how to Our Dum Spiro unit is almost complete ('Dum Spiro Spero' is Latin for 'while I breathe, I hope'). This follows the adventure of a Roman soldier and his quest to deliver Caesar's message through a treacherous forest. This video is available on YouTube but please DON'T let your child watch it while we are doing the unit as I will only be showing it to them a bit at a time to enhance both the suspense, and their enjoyment.
Spellings
Week beginning
12.5.25
heel
heal
he’ll
male
main
mane
meet
meat
peace
piece
plane
plain
Maths
We have almost completed our unit on Money. This will involve adding and subtracting money and calculating change. We will be working in pounds and pence, using the symbols £/p.
Following this we will begin our unit on Time. This will involve telling the time to 5 minutes, using past/to the hour, converting analogue and digital times, durations and calculating start/finish times. Please encourage your child to tell the time at home on a variety of clock, watches and devices.
Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. You can find their log-in in their reading record book.
Additional Information
PLEASE ENSURE ALL EAR-RINGS ARE REMOVED ON PE DAYS
Term 5 PE days are Tuesday -Lacrosse
Thursday -athletics
Children need their reading book in school every day.
Spellings week beginning
19.5.2025
aloud
allowed
ate
eight
bare
bear
board
bored
cellar
seller
dear
deer
flour
flower
hole
whole
hour
our
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We encourage the children to:
- Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
- Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or Numbots.
- Access their spellings on Spelling Shed